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Libra and Taurus Fields Feeding Egyptian Gas Grid

Thursday, May 11, 2017

BP started gas production from the first two fields of the West Nile Delta development in Egypt, the Taurus and Libra fields. Following final approval in 2015, development of the first project involving these two fields, was fast-tracked to enable delivery of an annual average of more than 600 Mmcf/d of gas to the Egyptian national gas grid. The fields are currently producing more than 700 Mmscf/d gas and 1,000 bpd condensate which is 20% higher than the planned sales gas plateau.

The project was delivered eight months ahead of start-up schedule and under budget. First gas was exported to Egypt’s national grid on March 24 and the commissioning of all nine wells of the development’s first two fields, and ramp up to stable operations, has now been completed.

The West Nile Delta development, which includes five gas fields across the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater offshore concession blocks, is being developed as two separate projects to enable BP and its partners to accelerate gas production commitments to Egypt. When fully onstream in 2019, combined production from both projects is expected to reach up to almost 1.5 Bcf/d, equivalent to about 30% of Egypt’s current gas production. All the gas produced will be fed into the national gas grid.

The Taurus and Libra project is a subsea greenfield development including nine wells (six in Taurus and three in Libra) and a 42-km tie back to the existing onshore processing facility where gas enters the Egyptian national gas grid via a nearby export pipeline.

The West Nile Delta project is a strategic project for BP the operator with 82.75% equity in the project partnership. DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG holds the remaining 17.25% interest.


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